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T. BANNER.

DOOR SECURER.

v APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 30. 1918.

1,31 ,223, Y PatentedSept. 16, 1919.

173g. 2. 21%.l. J m W I INVENTOR,

WITNESSES v BY 1 M -k W I I ATTORIIJEY UNITED STATES 1 DFFICE- THEODOREDANNER, orivringronyonneom nooa-sncnann;

Specification of Letterslatent.

P ten d S nt-1e 1919- Application filed September 30, 1918. Serial No.256,257..

' device of this character capable of ready application to a door whichhas either a rim lock or a mortise lock. These devices, as is wellknown, are usually carried by traveling men and employed for locking thedoorsof rooms in hotels and other questionable apartments, where thedoor lock is defective or suspicious, or minus a key and these devicesbecome highly useful if the operator has money with him, or perhapscarries valuable goods in his grip. There are door securers which embedthe wood of the frame and the edge of the door, between which elementsthey are inserted; but it is the purpose of my present invention toproduce a device of this kind which does not injure the woodwork a-ndwhich is yet applicable to the parts of either look as mentioned above.

Details are set forth below, and reference is made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of this device showing theparts at one end thereof in use on a door which has a mortise lock,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts at the other end of thedevice in-use on a door which has a rim lock.

Fig. .3 isa side view of the parts with its various members swung out ofalinement" with each other to afiord better illustration.

I prefer to make this device double-ended, the shank of the structure atone end extending into and preferably being pivotally connected with theshank of the structure at the other end. The parts at one end areadapted for use on a mortise lock and those at the other end for use ona rim lock. However, it will be shown that the structure of the firstnamed parts is such that they might be used on a rim lock. The entiredevice is so small that it may be folded and carried in the pocket, orin the grip. It is made of strap metal preferably nickeled to give it aneat appearance and to prevent rust, and the exact proportions anddetails are not important. I have used letters to indicate the door D,the jamb J with its door-stop. S, the

casingiQ, andlthe trimT. There is supposed to be; a lock within thedoor:D of Fig. 1, but this view'illu'strates a mortise as indicated atMxanda keeper plated? which is engaged by the'bOlt of :the look when pro-]ected; A rim lockisiindicated atL in Fig.

2, and .itsbolt Ewhen projected will engage .a

keeper K as shown. No novelty is-olaimed for the parts thus fardescribed. The shank 1 of the. door securer shown in Fig. 1 is astraight bar having a right-angularv hook 2 at its inner end, a slot 3in itsbody, a series of holes 4 in said body farther to the rear,and'its rear end bent as at 5. Against one sidefofsaid shank lies a fiatleg 'fihavinga slot?- in'its body and'an outturned foot at its inner'end'as at 8, rear. end preferably be ng notched as at 9; Pivotedat 10to this leg isia button 11 having anroperating knob '12 and at its freeend a pin 13 which moves in said notch 9 from side to side and isadapted to be engaged with one of the holes 4' to the shank 1.Connecting the leg and the' shank and passing through the slots thereinis a bolt' 1 1 having a thumb-nut 15 screwed thereon as'b'est seen inFig. 1. Lying against the other side of'th'e' shank 1 is another leg 16which may have itsbody the legs 6 and 16 being swung on said bolt as apivot. The door D now being opened the operator places the hook 2 withinthe mortise M and the shank 1 alongside the keeper plate P, then hecloses the door, and finally he swings the legs until the foot 18 standsbetween the shank and the trim T and the foot 8 lies against the face ofthe door; and then he sets up the thumb-nut tightly. The door is nowsecurely fastened,

whether the bolt of the lock be shot or not, and in fact whether thelock is in order or has any bolt at all, so long as there is a mortise Mwithin the casin C.

The structure at the other end of the device is much the same in someparticulars, and yet adapted to a diflerent use. Here the shank 21('whose rear end may be pivoted at 20 to the bend 5 of the first-namedshank) has a hook 22 at its inner end adapted to engage within thekeeper K of a rim lock as shown. Alongside this shank stands a link 26having a foot 28 at its inner end, and along the opposite side anotherleg 36 having a foot 38 at its inner end, a bolt 24 passing through bothlegs and receiving a thumb-nut 25. This bolt between the legs passesthrough a slot in the shank 21, which slot may open out the edge thereofas seen in Fig. 3, and therefore might be said to be a notch asindicated at 23. lVhen the thumbnut is loosened, it is obvious that thetwo legs can be moved out of alinement with the shank, but at their rearends they are pivoted thereto as at 30. Thus the parts have not thelongitudinal adjustment upon each other which is possessed by the typeof my invention shown in Fig. 1, but they are capable of use as I willnow describe.

When this end of the device is applied to a door having a rim lock, thenut is loosened and the legs swung aside, the door D is opened, the hook22 passed into the keeper K as shown in Fig. -2,'the door closed, thelegs swung back into place and the bolt 24 dropped into the slot ornotch 28, and the thumb-nut 25 reset. The foot 28 now bears against thelock L and the foot 38 against the face of the keeper, but the door Dcan not be swung open so long as the keeper remains screwed to thecasing C. Therefore this device fastens the door whether the lock boltis projected or not, and whether, in fact, it can be projected, as itssafety and utility depend on the presence and rigidity of the keeper.

What is claimed as new is 1. In a door securer, the combination with a.straight shank having a right-angular hook at its inner end and alongitudinal slot in its body, a pair of legs lying against oppositesides of said shank and having outturned feet at their inner ends, theirbodies having slots, a bolt through all said slots,

and a thumb-nut on said belt; of a button pivoted to the rear end of oneleg and movable over the outer face thereof, the outer extremity of thisleg being notched and the shank having a series of holes in its body,and a pin at the free end of said button passing through said notch andadapted to enter one of said holes, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a door seourer, the combination with a straight shank having anangular hook at its inner end and a longitudinal slot, a leg lyingagainst one side of said shank and having an outturned foot at its innerend, its body having a slot, a bolt passing through said slots and athumb nut on said bolt, of a button pivoted to the rear end of said legand movable over the outer face thereof, the outer extremity of said legbeing notched and the shank having a series of holes in its body, and apin at the free end of said button passing through said notch andadapted to enter one of said holes, for the purposes set forth.

3. In a door securer, the combination with a straight shank having ahook at its inner end, a leg lying against one side of said shank andhaving an outturned foot at inner end, means for guiding said leg inmovement upon said shank, of a button pivoted to the rear end of saidleg, and movable over the outer face thereof, the outer extremity ofsaid leg being notched and the shank having a series of holes in itsbody, and a pin at the free end of said button pass ing through saidnotch and adapted to enter one of said holes for the purposes set forth.7 I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE BANNER.

Witnesses Gno. A. PRICE, T. G. FRAZIER.

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Washington, D. G.

